AuthorTopic: VL and Enlightenment (Read 14279 times)

Hi guys. I used to use VL a while back and now I'm planning to come back to it. I have a couple of questions:

1. Which version of VL should I download?

2. I would like to install Enlightenment only and not KDE or GNOME. Or maybe install KDE for a while until I get everything working under Enlightenment. Are there any packages available to do this or do I have to install everything from the Enlightenment website?

OK... so I went ahead and loaded and install VL 6.0 light and install it on a virtual machine running VirtualBox. The only issue I had at the beginning was with the mouse but after I install the VirtualBox additions everything is working just fine. At this moment so far so good.Next step? Download and install Enlightenment. I will keep you guys posted.

OK... so I went ahead and downloaded the enlightenment files from GARR's Networks but I couldn't install the .txz files. I don't know how to install those files. So, now I'm going to try to install the files from SlacksBuilds.org. I will post my results later on.

OK... so I went ahead and downloaded the enlightenment files from GARR's Networks but I couldn't install the .txz files. I don't know how to install those files. So, now I'm going to try to install the files from SlacksBuilds.org. I will post my results later on.

Try to download all the required .txz packages for Enlightenment in some folder, then start the console from that location and write in it installpkg *.txz - this should work for you.Or add this source http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/vectorlinux/veclinux-7.0/testing/ to the gslapt package manager, activate it, refresh the information from the sources and make query for enlightenment in the search box.

OK... so I went ahead and downloaded the enlightenment files from GARR's Networks but I couldn't install the .txz files. I don't know how to install those files. So, now I'm going to try to install the files from SlacksBuilds.org. I will post my results later on.

Try to download all the required .txz packages for Enlightenment in some folder, then start the console from that location and write in it installpkg *.txz - this should work for you.Or add this source http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/vectorlinux/veclinux-7.0/testing/ to the gslapt package manager, activate it, refresh the information from the sources and make query for enlightenment in the search box.

No go... I get the following message: Cannot install packagename because the file does not end in .tgz, .tlz, .tbz or .tar.I have try the command that you mention before and it gave me the same message. I will keep on trying. Thanks for you help.

That is what I thought. Thanks for the info. I guess I have to keep working on the slackbuilds.org packages. Thanks for the info.

I have another question, how do I determine if my computer already have the requirement? Is there like a command to identify the packages? I guess I can always use gslapt to see which packages are installed.

I have another question, how do I determine if my computer already have the requirement? Is there like a command to identify the packages? I guess I can always use gslapt to see which packages are installed.

I often look in /var/log/packages. There is a lot of information in those files, not just what is installed, but where things went.--GrannyGeek

I have another question, how do I determine if my computer already have the requirement? Is there like a command to identify the packages? I guess I can always use gslapt to see which packages are installed.

I often look in /var/log/packages. There is a lot of information in those files, not just what is installed, but where things went.--GrannyGeek

The primary problem you had with installing them before, is that you need newer package management software inorder to handle the new txz file extension. To add support for TXZ to 6.0, checkout this thread http://forum.vectorlinux.com/index.php?topic=12771.msg79489#msg79489. You won't have to do the whole list of steps since you don't want newer kernel, these are the ones of most interest to you:# slapt-get --install xz# xz -cd pkgtools-tukaani-1.2.5-i586-1vl60.txz | lzma > pkgtools-tukaani-1.2.5-i586-1vl60.tlz# installpkg pkgtools-tukaani-1.2.5-i586-1vl60.tlz